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Election 2008 Results

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2008 presidential election in North Carolina

Barack Obama (Democrat) beat John McCain (Republican) in North Carolina in 2008, 49.7% to 49.4%, a margin of 0.3 points and 14,177 votes.

North Carolina voted 6.9 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+7.3.

North Carolina changed party: in 2004 it went Republican, for George W. Bush.

Republicans led in 67 of the 100 counties and Democrats in 33. The largest, Wake, cast 442,245 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.4 points. The closest was Lenoir, where 23 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Barack Obama won Democratic 2,142,651 49.7%
John McCain Republican 2,128,474 49.4%
All other candidates 39,664 0.9%
Total4,310,789

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 250,891 56.7% 187,001 42.3% 4,353 442,245 D+14.4
Mecklenburg 253,958 61.8% 153,848 37.4% 3,011 410,817 D+24.4
Guilford 142,101 58.8% 97,718 40.4% 1,952 241,771 D+18.4
Forsyth 91,085 54.8% 73,674 44.3% 1,374 166,133 D+10.5
Durham 103,456 75.6% 32,353 23.6% 1,088 136,897 D+51.9
Cumberland 74,693 58.5% 52,151 40.9% 731 127,575 D+17.7
Buncombe 69,716 56.3% 52,494 42.4% 1,585 123,795 D+13.9
New Hanover 49,145 48.8% 50,544 50.2% 976 100,665 R+1.4
Union 31,189 36.2% 54,123 62.9% 777 86,089 R+26.6
Gaston 31,384 37.2% 52,507 62.2% 511 84,402 R+25.0
Cabarrus 31,546 40.4% 45,924 58.9% 524 77,994 R+18.4
Orange 53,806 71.8% 20,266 27.1% 838 74,910 D+44.8
Pitt 40,501 54.1% 33,927 45.3% 456 74,884 D+8.8
Iredell 27,318 37.3% 45,148 61.7% 696 73,162 R+24.4
Johnston 26,795 37.7% 43,622 61.4% 600 71,017 R+23.7
Catawba 25,656 36.9% 42,993 61.9% 802 69,451 R+25.0
Davidson 22,433 32.7% 45,419 66.2% 729 68,581 R+33.5
Alamance 28,918 44.9% 34,859 54.2% 576 64,353 R+9.2
Rowan 23,391 38.0% 37,451 60.8% 718 61,560 R+22.8
Randolph 16,414 28.2% 40,998 70.5% 735 58,147 R+42.3
Brunswick 21,331 40.5% 30,753 58.5% 524 52,608 R+17.9
Henderson 20,082 38.9% 30,930 59.9% 602 51,614 R+21.0
Onslow 19,499 38.8% 30,278 60.3% 426 50,203 R+21.5
Wayne 22,671 45.4% 26,952 54.0% 259 49,882 R+8.6
Nash 23,099 49.0% 23,728 50.4% 291 47,118 R+1.3
Moore 17,624 38.9% 27,314 60.3% 390 45,328 R+21.4
Craven 19,352 43.4% 24,901 55.8% 345 44,598 R+12.4
Cleveland 17,363 39.6% 26,078 59.5% 394 43,835 R+19.9
Rockingham 17,255 41.5% 23,899 57.4% 458 41,612 R+16.0
Robeson 23,058 56.5% 17,433 42.7% 343 40,834 D+13.8
Harnett 16,785 41.2% 23,579 57.9% 341 40,705 R+16.7
Burke 14,901 39.8% 22,102 59.0% 440 37,443 R+19.2
Wilson 19,652 52.8% 17,375 46.7% 164 37,191 D+6.1
Lincoln 11,713 32.7% 23,631 66.0% 454 35,798 R+33.3
Caldwell 12,081 34.4% 22,526 64.1% 548 35,155 R+29.7
Carteret 11,130 32.2% 23,131 66.9% 336 34,597 R+34.7
Chatham 17,862 54.3% 14,668 44.6% 350 32,880 D+9.7
Wilkes 8,934 30.1% 20,288 68.3% 502 29,724 R+38.2
Surry 10,475 35.5% 18,730 63.4% 320 29,525 R+28.0
Rutherford 9,641 33.6% 18,769 65.4% 310 28,720 R+31.8
Stanly 8,878 31.1% 19,329 67.8% 299 28,506 R+36.7
Watauga 14,558 51.3% 13,344 47.0% 470 28,372 D+4.3
Haywood 12,730 45.4% 14,910 53.1% 427 28,067 R+7.8
Lenoir 13,378 49.7% 13,401 49.8% 118 26,897 R+0.1
Franklin 13,085 49.1% 13,273 49.8% 281 26,639 R+0.7
Sampson 11,836 45.5% 14,038 53.9% 164 26,038 R+8.5
Edgecombe 17,403 67.1% 8,445 32.6% 82 25,930 D+34.5
Halifax 16,047 64.0% 8,961 35.7% 83 25,091 D+28.2
Granville 13,074 52.9% 11,447 46.3% 204 24,725 D+6.6
Columbus 11,076 45.6% 12,994 53.5% 212 24,282 R+7.9
Lee 10,784 45.3% 12,775 53.7% 229 23,788 R+8.4
Pender 9,907 41.7% 13,618 57.3% 224 23,749 R+15.6
Beaufort 9,454 41.1% 13,460 58.5% 96 23,010 R+17.4
Stokes 6,875 31.6% 14,488 66.6% 380 21,743 R+35.0
Vance 13,166 63.1% 7,606 36.4% 99 20,871 D+26.6
Davie 6,178 30.3% 13,981 68.6% 209 20,368 R+38.3
Duplin 8,958 45.0% 10,834 54.4% 112 19,904 R+9.4
Richmond 9,713 50.3% 9,424 48.8% 190 19,327 D+1.5
Person 8,446 45.3% 10,030 53.8% 156 18,632 R+8.5
McDowell 6,571 35.7% 11,534 62.7% 281 18,386 R+27.0
Pasquotank 10,272 56.5% 7,778 42.8% 130 18,180 D+13.7
Dare 8,074 44.7% 9,745 54.0% 229 18,048 R+9.3
Alexander 5,167 29.9% 11,790 68.3% 297 17,254 R+38.4
Macon 6,620 38.4% 10,317 59.9% 301 17,238 R+21.4
Yadkin 4,527 26.4% 12,409 72.4% 211 17,147 R+46.0
Transylvania 7,275 43.0% 9,401 55.6% 233 16,909 R+12.6
Jackson 8,766 52.0% 7,854 46.6% 246 16,866 D+5.4
Hoke 9,227 59.0% 6,293 40.3% 107 15,627 D+18.8
Bladen 7,853 50.7% 7,532 48.7% 95 15,480 D+2.1
Scotland 8,151 57.3% 6,005 42.2% 61 14,217 D+15.1
Ashe 4,872 37.3% 7,916 60.6% 281 13,069 R+23.3
Cherokee 3,785 30.1% 8,643 68.7% 158 12,586 R+38.6
Martin 6,539 52.1% 5,957 47.5% 45 12,541 D+4.6
Montgomery 4,926 43.9% 6,155 54.9% 129 11,210 R+11.0
Currituck 3,737 33.7% 7,234 65.2% 131 11,102 R+31.5
Caswell 5,545 51.0% 5,208 47.9% 109 10,862 D+3.1
Anson 6,456 60.2% 4,207 39.2% 70 10,733 D+21.0
Hertford 7,513 70.5% 3,089 29.0% 48 10,650 D+41.5
Northampton 6,903 65.0% 3,671 34.6% 44 10,618 D+30.4
Polk 4,396 41.6% 5,990 56.7% 176 10,562 R+15.1
Madison 5,026 48.4% 5,192 50.0% 161 10,379 R+1.6
Warren 7,086 69.5% 3,063 30.0% 46 10,195 D+39.5
Bertie 6,365 65.2% 3,376 34.6% 22 9,763 D+30.6
Yancey 4,486 46.2% 5,045 51.9% 186 9,717 R+5.8
Greene 3,796 46.8% 4,272 52.7% 35 8,103 R+5.9
Avery 2,178 27.4% 5,681 71.5% 84 7,943 R+44.1
Mitchell 2,238 28.5% 5,499 70.1% 109 7,846 R+41.6
Chowan 3,688 49.1% 3,773 50.2% 51 7,512 R+1.1
Pamlico 2,838 42.3% 3,823 57.0% 51 6,712 R+14.7
Perquimans 2,772 42.6% 3,678 56.6% 51 6,501 R+13.9
Washington 3,748 58.1% 2,670 41.4% 36 6,454 D+16.7
Swain 2,806 48.4% 2,900 50.0% 92 5,798 R+1.6
Clay 1,734 31.3% 3,707 66.9% 102 5,543 R+35.6
Gates 2,830 52.2% 2,547 47.0% 43 5,420 D+5.2
Alleghany 2,021 38.4% 3,124 59.4% 118 5,263 R+21.0
Jones 2,378 45.5% 2,817 53.9% 32 5,227 R+8.4
Camden 1,597 33.1% 3,140 65.1% 84 4,821 R+32.0
Graham 1,265 30.3% 2,824 67.7% 82 4,171 R+37.4
Hyde 1,241 50.3% 1,212 49.1% 16 2,469 D+1.2
Tyrrell 933 48.8% 960 50.3% 17 1,910 R+1.4

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

North Carolina in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+3.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+1.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+3.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+2.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+0.3
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+12.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+12.8
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+4.7
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+0.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+2.1
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+11.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+40.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+12.3
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+4.2
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+1.3
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+7.8
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+25.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+48.1
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+46.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.9
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+19.2
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+13.5
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+16.4
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+47.3
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.7
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+20.0
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.5
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+11.6
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+4.6
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+3.6
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+7.2
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.5
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.8